Dinosaur Goes to the Dentist

Ken Alside's 24-page book walks a young dinosaur character through every step of a dental visit — brushing beforehand, the waiting room, the hygienist, the chair — with the express purpose of making the whole experience feel normal and manageable rather than scary. For a child with dentist anxiety, that step-by-step approach is genuinely useful, and the dinosaur framing keeps it engaging for the youngest readers. Available on Epic, it's found a home in educational settings. The honest caveat: this is a functional book, not a literary one. The narrative complexity is minimal, the characters are thin, and it won't be memorable beyond the specific anxiety it addresses. But for that specific purpose — preparing a 3-to-6-year-old for a dentist visit — it does the job cleanly.